Linux ready for the home desktop?

[Eric Chadbourne]

> It's not ready for people who do not know what they're 
> getting into, linux is NOT windows and to presume that it's 
> just a better version of windows is foolish. The proposition 
> when installing desktop linux for home users is very 
> important since it will reflect what value people believe 
> they will get out of it and what advantages they will take from it.
> 
> For instance a lot of the people that I see at the South End 
> Technoledgy Center are towards the poorer end of the economy; 
> to them the idea that you can get the operating system for 
> free is not important since windows comes for "free" on all 
> PCs. No what excites them is being able to arbitrarily choose 
> a new application, download it and use it without paying 
> anything. with no virus checker or spamware to pay for and 
> the general advice that buying software at a store isn't 
> going to work it prepares people for what they need to 
> account for and provides a happier linux user.
> 
> Best Regards, Martin Owens

Cool post.  It is not winblows.  Thankfully.  A pretty sharp associate
of mine just received a new computer with a blank hard drive and asked
me about trying Linux.  He has to the cash to use anything he wants.  I
pointed him to the Ubuntu website.  No spamware (my HP was loaded with
that crap), no paying extra for anti-virus software and 100+ free apps
sure is a good selling point.  Hope to have a new convert!  I feel Linux
is most definitely ready for the desktop or I wouldn't have suggested
it.  It's just a little different.  Like a Mac but on the side of good.

- Eric C - the one who uses fedora but has no problems with recommending
ubuntu to a noob on the desktop.

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